Fundraising isn’t easy when donors smell desperation, says Greg Klerkx

Heather Stewart celebrates the potential of crowd funding and crowd sourcing as income streams – but only as part of an overall…

Are you aged 25 – 65? Do you go to the theatre? If so, why? A cursory glance as some marketing strategies could easily make…

This summer I was working on a project at The Royal Exchange Theatre, which was part of its two year Truth about Youth programme….

I was talking to a singer/songwriter friend of mine the other day when Imogen Heap’s song ‘Hide and Seek’ came on the radio. Havin…

For a while now, I’ve been telling myself that I’ll update my website. Coming off the back of my hiatus from producing…

Previous to being an A-level drama student, I was blissfully unaware of what the loose term, ‘contemporary performance&rsquo…

In interview for my current position I was asked: “What do I see as the role of Front-of-House Assistant?” I believe I…

Caroline Miller responds to David Willetts’ comments about A-level dance

Monika Neall on why working part time in the arts is harder than it seems

 On reading of yet more redundancies in the arts sector in the name of efficiencies, I tweeted “can someone show me the…

This July sees the launch of Encounter, a programme of art in public spaces of North Kent, and the culmination of a long period of…

Fundraisers should already know that every donor is different, but do we recognise all their many differences enough and reflect t…

 In this digital age, instantaneous communication with the other side of the world comes at the touch of a button – sor…

For those of you who have never stumbled over the site or have been to a private view in Liverpool over the past seven years this…

My question is inspired by an outdoor production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ I went to last week. Like most o…

I can’t think of a time when anyone has ever complained to me of having too many hours in their working day. Everyone seems…

As every long-distance runner, cyclist or swimmer knows, the last bit of the journey is the worst. You’ve had your second wi…

How does fundraising fit into marketing in arts organisations? We all have to make that judgement, so not surprisingly it was a po…

Working in a freelance capacity brings about its own set of challenges much different to those faced when in full-time/permanent e…

‘Diversity’ – a buzz word we all are guilty of using in the arts. A buzz word, dare I say it, that we over-use. All of…

I’ve recently had the pleasure of attending and reporting on a number of youth dance showcases, including Dance Futures at t…

I’ve just made my way back from Edinburgh, shoes still soggy from the day before and with an inexplicably broken glasses cas…

I read with interest that there is a well-funded competition in the USA – the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge…